Dr. Majid Fotuhi

So that's one mindset.

The mindset that stress is bad for me, and I'm gonna take care of my, I'm gonna take ownership of my problems, and I'm gonna try to reduce my stress as much as possible.

Obviously, there's a leak in the basement, there's a car accident, you know, family members with medical problems.

There are real, the house is on fire.

There are real stresses.

I'm not saying there's no stress.

but

I would argue that more than 80% of stresses that people feel on a daily basis are self-generated.

Their own mind generates the stress they're experiencing.

There's a much easier way to say, I'm not gonna stress about this.

And you have to really put the pause button and say, is this worth my hippocampus?

Is this worth my hippocampus?

That's one mindset.

The other mindset is growth mindset versus fixed mindset.

A fixed mindset means, you know, other people are smarter and I'm not as smart as A and B or other people have better memories and I don't have as much.

And a growth mindset is I can be good at anything.

I have the brain, which is healthy and I can learn anything.

I can learn languages.

I can learn ski.

I can learn to cook.